Steve Chesley, Paul Chodas and Don Yeomans
NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office
January 8, 2008
Astronomy
Red Planet Will Shine On Christmas Eve – Half-Mile Wide Asteroid May Hit Mars Next Month
This European Space Agency handout shows a view of planet Mars. NASA experts said that an asteroid hurtling towards Mars has a one in 75 chance of chance of scoring a direct hit on the red planet next month. (AFP/ESA-HO/File)
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